Posts About "Markus Granlund"

December 13th, 2017The Vancouver Canucks, as I touched on in my previous article, were plagued with injuries to key players in November and early December. Almost immediately after my article had been published, yet another key player in Sven Baertschi was sidelined for an estimated four-to-six weeks with a fractured jaw. These injuries have left the...

March 27th, 2017Not many were thinking about Markus Granlund when the Vancouver Canucks 2016-17 youth movement took off. He was an afterthought on the Canucks roster last season, and didn't show much scoring promise during his first 16 games as a Canuck.
Jake Virtanen and Emerson Etem were garnering more attention during training camp. Those two have...

March 27th, 2017‘The Nuck Stops Here’ is a Vancouver Canucks news, opinion and analysis column that runs every Monday throughout the regular season.
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Canucks Sign Brock Boeser
The Canucks announced that they have signed 2015 first round pick Brock Boeser to an entry level contract. Taken 23rd overall, Boeser just finished his season...

February 5th, 2017It was another high-scoring affair between these two teams. This time, the Vancouver Canucks couldn't keep up with the Minnesota Wild's potent offence.
Mikael Granlund led the attack versus the Canucks on Saturday night. The Finnish forward is enjoying a breakout season, coming into this game with an 11-game point streak. By getting...

January 8th, 2017‘The Nuck Stops Here’ is a Vancouver Canucks news, opinion and analysis column that runs every Sunday throughout the regular season.
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Reid Boucher Claimed off Waivers
The Canucks announced Wednesday that they have claimed 23-year-old forward Reid Boucher off waivers. Boucher has played for both the Nashville Predators and...

January 7th, 2017The Canucks managed four goals on 13 shots in this one, and they left the rest up to Ryan Miller.
Vancouver's netminder was the story of this game, as he made save after save, leading his team to the 4-2 victory on Friday night. Miller made 44 saves totals, including 22 saves during a firestorm of Flames chances in the third...

December 4th, 2016No one will ever forget Loui Eriksson's great disappearing act of October, 2016.
It sure was a month Eriksson would like to forget.
Usually, players should be excited if they score during their first period of their first game, right after joining a new team. Eriksson's first night as a Canuck was anything but.
He slyly made a...

November 11th, 2016The Canucks received some troubling news on Thursday, when team president Trevor Linden announced that Jannik Hansen will be out for 4-6 weeks with a broken rib.
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How were the Canucks rewarded after they bust a nine-game losing streak against one of the league's top...

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